Dr. Susan Henrichs became Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs of the University of Alaska Fairbanks in July of 2007, after serving as Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost from 2003-2007. She joined the UAF faculty in 1982 as an Assistant Professor of Marine Science in the Institute of Marine Science, which is now part of the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. She attained the rank of Professor in 1994. Dr. Henrichs served as Program Head of the Graduate Program in Marine Sciences and Limnology from 1994-2003.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Provost is responsible for providing overall leadership, coordination and direction to UAF research and scholarly activities and graduate studies. The following academic units and offices report directly to the Provost: